Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sporu Editor
. Whether to save the gas for
a trip to the favorite fishing
stream or hoard the precious li
Z quid in order to provide trans
'( portation to Portland for the
Z PCL opener in that city is a
- question which has a number of
fans astride the fence, n mere
was a good run of salmon in the
J Willamette the solution might
be an easy matter a siup
a the Oregon City falls and then
moving on to the Vaughn Street
park. The opener at Vaughn
" Street is set for next Wednes
Z day against San Diego and it
is possible Roy Hclser will get
the Beaver call.
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a Quite a nice party the navy
V-12 hoys put on up at Willam
m ette Wednesday night. Not as
large attendance as the program
warranted which was somewhat
surprising in view of the fact
that the entertainment was free.
J The 7 o'clock start probably was
responsible for keeping some
JJ people away. The boxing match-
es were run off in a rapid-fire
JJ manner and there was no delay
" between. However, we believe
J the event would be more popu-
lar if it were held down to a
J two and a half hour limit. Those
boards up there get mighty hard.
z
f "Wonder why track and field
S has lost its appeal as a specta
2 tor sport. Of course the weath
m er was none loo favorable, but
there should have been more
(Mown folk out at dinger field
J the other afternoon to witness
fcthe inauguration of the Salem
2 relay carnival. It may be that
fans who have not witnessed
2 competition of this sort for a
number of years, still have
S memories of long waits in be
tween events. That system of
r. operation went out several sea
Jsons back. As a result a well
m organized meet seldom takes
JJJmore than an hour and a half
or two hours at the most and
J there Is something doing much
Mof the time. This is especially
true of a relay program.
w
J The Vikings are unusually
' strong this spring and they are
deserving of all the support they
can get. Come to think of it,
w however, the support should be
forthcoming when they are
Mwcak. But at any rate Coach
Tom Dryium's boys in shorts
wr-;i!ly put out, show evidence
nt being well trained and fit to1
travel in the best company. . . ,
Presence of 20 boys from Klam-
Alh high Tuesday afternoon was
something of a surprise here.!
-'Shows how much Interest there;
ls in sport among the Pelicans,
w
Not a knockout, not even a
knockdown in the 40 el 8 pre
fcmier of fisticuffing at the arm
ory Thursday night and those
"boys who like their knuckle toss
JJing on the rugged side had dif
ficulty in keeping their remarks
from becoming too caustic. How
sever, the general attitude of the
fans seems to be one of leniency
insofar as the ring action was
concerned and we believe they
ware more than willing to string
nIong with the promoters for a
v couple more shows at least,
4 The appearance of so many
colored boys on the card Is a
reflection on what is occurring
Jin the population in the north
west. The negroes, most of whom
are working n defense indus
tries in Portland, were a far
abetter lot than those brought
"'here last summer for a similar
performance. . . , The timers I
trimmed a half minute off seven
tf the eight rounds fought by
JJEddic Weller and Angclo Pre
titcllo. No doubt the time saving
JJvas done at the request of soinc
wnne but for what reason we
failed to learn. Knth boys ap
peared capable of going the re
gulation three mi miles for 1"J
unr IT) rounds.
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Giants, Braves
Have Slugfest
New York, April 21 U.R -The
New York Yankees and Wash
ington Senators, rated as the out
standing contenders for the Am
erical league pennant, meet for
the first time this season today
with the world champions play
ing host as the major leagues
stage their second opening day.
While the Yanks were idle
yesterday, the Senators closed
their opening home stand with
a 5-0 victory over the Philadel
phia Athletics.
In the only other junior cir
cuit game, the St. Louis Browns
continued in first place with
their third consecutive triumph
over the Detroit Tigers. Vern
Stephens, batting in three runs
and scoring a couple himself,
was the big margin in the 8-5
decision, the first major league
victory for the 31-year-old rook
ie Rigmund Hakucki.
Blasting three home runs off
two Boston Brave hurlers, the
New York Giants remained on
top of the National league with
an unblemished record in three
starts. The New Yorkers, how
ever, needed their circuit clouts
to gain a 10-8 nod in a slugfest.
The Brooklyn Dodgers won
their first series of the year from
the Philadelphia Phillies, two
games to one, notching the sec
ond yesterday in an 8-2 shellack
ing. Ray Mueller's single in the
ninth with a mate on third gave
Cincinnati a 2-1 edge over the
Chicago Cubs.
Mort Cooper, the National
league Cardinals' star hurler,
was driven from the mound by
a Pittsburgh Pirate uprising in
the seventh, but the Cards man
aged to quench the rally and do
a little scoring of their own to
gain a 5-3 win.
Esfey and Cline
Lead Golf Play
Leo Esfey and Walt Cline
each shot 37s in Thursday eve
ning's golf specialty at the Sa
lem club but the former took
the war saving stamps by rea
son of being permitted to sub
tract two points from his total
as against one for Cline. There
were 25 contenders In the party.
Millard Pekar and Dr. James
Sears, who were rained off the
course last Sunday before they
could settle their spring handi
cap argument, got It out of their
system Thursday evening. Pe
kar got the no,d on a 3 and 2
basis after they had battled a
total of 36 holes.
Next Sunday marks the dead
line for second round play.
Mathews Calls
Grid Conference
Portland, Ore., April 21 (Pi
Football coaches from all north
west colleges, universities and
high schools have been asked
to attend a meeting at the Uni
versity of Portland this Sunday
to discuss means of resuming
football this fall, Coach Eobert
L. Mathews announced.
Attend C.K. Meeting
Jefferson Sara Margaret
Hutchings, Lois Smith, Barbara
Miller, Andy Paschal, Gene
Powell, Billy Henderson, mem
bers of the Christian Endeavor
society of the Christian church,
attended a county executive
meeting of the C.E. at the First
Christian church.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. . .
"The war stories I like best, Judge, are
the ones by the special writers overseas
who live right with our troops. They Rive
us k better idea of how our men react
to things going on over there mid back
here at home."
" I agree with you, Sam. I never miss one
of those stories in the papers or magazines.
And there's one thins those writers seem to
agree on no matter where they atestationed
with our men... and that is that the men
who have left their homes and families to go
8 Capital Journal, Salem,
Good Crowd Attends Revival
Of Boxing; Card Well Received
It wasn't the best ring action in the country, but the card
sponsored by the 40 et 8 at the armory Thursday night was so
far ahead of what occurred along last summer that most of the
several hundred cash customers
appeared fairly well satisfied.
The crowd and the six scraps
encouraged the promoters to
such an extent that announce
ment was made that another
leather tossing party will be
held. two weeks hence.
The main event went the lim
it as did all of the other bouts.
Eddie Weller took the decision
over Angelo Pretillo, both out
of Portland, Neither boy wa
marked at the end of the eight
rounds because they were quite
adept at picking off blows. The
fans appeared quite indifferent
as to the outcome and for the
Amrrirnn league
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Los Alludes 2. Hollywood 1: San Fran
cisco 9, Oakland 4; San Diego 3. SentHe a.
American Washington 5, Philadelphia
0: St. Louis A. Detroit 5.
Nallnnal New York 10, Boston ft: 8t.
Louis 9. Pittshurch 3; Brooklyn 8. Phila
delphia 2; Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1.
Jamboree Called
Off for Season
Lebanon The Linn county
baseball jamboree having been
twice rained out has been can
celled for this year, it was an
nounced Wednesday. The jam
boree, featuring Albany, Tan
gent, Lebanon and Sweet Home
high school teams, and sched
uled originally for last Friday
at Sweet Home, was postponed
until Wednesday of this week,
but after Lebanon and Sweet
Home had played in the opener,
showers prevented the jambore
from continuing.
Awards to have been offered
by Sweet Home merchants will
be awarded to victors in the
Linn and Benton county league.
In the morning game Lebanon
took a 16 to 8 decision from the
Huskies.
Cans Are Collected
Stayton School children
were busy Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday collecting cans,
which were required for ent
rance to the entertainment at
the schoolhouse Wednesday af
ternoon. Juggling, puppets and
feats of magic were on the program.
Standings
away and fight this war don't want to come
back and find that prohibition has been put
over on them while they were away . . . either
nationally or locally. They have heard about
the attempts being made and they resent
it bitterly."
"I agree with them, Judge, even though
1 don't happen to drink myself. Further
more, t don't think it's fair lor tis at home
to be making any major changes while
10,000.000 of our fighting men are away and
have no chance to express their opinions."
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Oregon, Friday, April 21, 1944
most part were content to sit
back and await developments
which failed to materialize.
Dave Johnson, a heavyweight
with a back and shoulders as
wide as a billboard, took a deci
sion over K.O. Hooker who was
outweighed around 25 pounds.
Johnson slammed his left to
Hooker's head on several occa
sions but the latter made no at
tempt to cover up or back off.
Hooker was at his best in the
third and fourth but Johnson
came back to take over the fifth
and sixth sessions handily.
Bob Wright, a chunky light
heavyweight, got Referee Packy
McFarland's nod at the end of
four rounds with Johnnie Mitch
ell although the latter had quite
a bit of advantage in the matter
of reach. Wright cinched the af
fair with his aggressive tactics
in the fourth.
Mike Finley, an Indian, deci
sioned John Mobley in another
four rounder. There was a sus
picion that Mike was pulling his
punches at times but the bout
was quite satisfactory. Eddie
Warton decisioned Jack Lindley.
They were a pair of rangy negro
boys.
The preliminary was a three
round exhibition draw between
Peewee Hayme and Dynamite
Abbott of Portland.
Pep Decisions
Lacey With Ease
New Haven, Conn., April 21
(U.Ri Featherweight Champion
Willie Pep, convinced that he
can again make the feather
weight 127-pound limit, pointed
today toward a fight with Man
uel Ortiz, NBA champion, after
winning his second straight
fight since being discharged
from the navy two months ago.
Weighing 129, Pep won every
round of a 10-round bout here
last night against Snooks Lacey,
127, of New Haven, and dis
played much of his old ring
craft which carried him to 63
straight ring victories prior to
his induction into the navy.
Prisoners of War
Celebrate Birthday
Lethbridge, Alia., April 21
(CP) Thousands of German
prisoners of war here celebrated
Hitler's 55th birthday Thursday
with a program of activities
within their compound and by
cutting a monstrous birthday
cake, it was learned from reli
able sources. It is understood
the huge cake bore a large
swastika.
Approximately 10.000 Ger
mans are detained in the prisoner-of-war
camp on the outskirts
of this city. It is the largest
such establishment in Canada.
The majority of Finland's
more than three and a half mil
lion people make their living by
farming and dairying.
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Strategy of
Rainiers Fails
(By the Associated Pressl
The Seattle Rainiers strateg
ists guessed wrong on Pitcher
Frank Dasso of San Diego when
they ordered Frank Tincup to
walk the preceding batter pur
posely to load the bases with
none out and the score tied in
the twelfth inning of last night's
coast league contest.
Dasso kept his bat on his
shoulder while looking over
four bad pitches for a walk,'
which forced in the winning
run of the 3-2 score.
In another close contest the
league leading Los Angeles
Angels were aided by a home
run by Cecil Garriott in winning
over the Hollywood Stars, 2-1.
The score was tied 1 -all when
Garriott got his four-bagger in
the seventh.
The San Francisco Seals got
15 safeties to beat the Oakland
Acorns, 9-4. Caulfield. Acorn
shortstop, hit a homer with none
on.
Portland was rained out at
Sacramento for the second
straight night.
Short scores:
Seattle 001 000 000 0002 9 5
San Diego 001 100 000 0013 11 0
Tincup and Sueme; Dasso and BalUnger.
Hollywood 000 001 0001 6 0
Los Anaeles 000 001 lOx 2 6 1
Bscalante. Intelkofer (7) and Hill; Mal
ory and Sarnl.
San Francisco 020 410 1019 15 1
Oakland 010 000 1114 6 1
Harrell and Oarodowski: Kleinke. A.
Riamondl. Muno and W. Raimondi,
French.
Kahut Faces His
Severest Test Tonight
Portland, April 21 0J.R)
Farmer boy Joe Kahut of Wood
burn will undergo his severest
test in his short but meteoric
boxing career tonight when he
meets Bob Blevins of Marys
ville, Calif., for 10 rounds.
It will be the 18th fight for
Kahut, all of them victorious
and most of them knockouts.
However. Kahut has been out of
action since March 17, when he
kayoed Pancho Roderiguez of
Mexico in four rounds.
Blevins, too, holds an impres
sive string of victories, after
having been Golden Gloves win
ner at San Francisco two years
ago. At 195 pounds, he will
have about 10 pounds advantage
over Kahut.
Rain Washes Out-
Lebanon Baseball
Lebanon Although rain has
interferred with baseball here
thus far, Lebanon and Corvallis
are slated to tee off this Friday
with a game scheduled at Cor
vallis in the afternoon.
A second game is scheduled
with Sweet Home for next Tues
day at 2:30 at Lebanon, and a
makeup game with Albany is j
tentatively scheduled for Thurs
day night of next week under
the lights on Albany s ball dia
mond. Jefferson Mrs. B. B. Smith,
who spent the week visiting at
the homes of her sons, the Bed
ford and Amos Smith families at
Yamhill, returned home Wed
nesday. Amos Smith brought
his mother home.
THOSE GREMLINS ARE AT WORK AGAIN!
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CHILD'S RAINCOAT, blue and tan, reg. 4.98, clear 3.98
CHILD'S RAINCOAT with parka, sizes 2 to 6, clear 2.29
CHILD'S WATERPROOF PANTIES, reg. 69c, clear 29c
LADIES' UMBRELLA COVERS, reg. 1.98, clearance 1.39
HUMUS. UdOT fiSfl) (E
Don Gulteridge acts the part of a dummy as he sits on Manager
Luke Sewell's knee, but the Browns' pilot wishes he had more
hard working ballplayers like the ex-Cardinal. Gutteridge, a
diamond work horse, who played 23 games at third with the St.
Louis Cards in 1935.
Zivic Now Egg
Breaking Champ
Pittsburgh, April 21 UP
Buck Private Ferdinand
Henry Fritiie) Zivic
claimed a new world's
tilte today.
"I'm the egg-breaking
champ now," Fritzie, home
on a 24-hour pass to see
his two-year-old daughter,
Janice, who is ill, said.
"I broke 150 dozen eggs
in 45 minutes". That's a
world record the chef
says. That makes me the
champ."
The former welterweight
king said he was trying to
be assigned to the air
corps, but didn't know if
he'd made it.
"Id like to be a gunner
on one of those big planes.
It'd be fun to throw lead
instead of leather for a
change."
More Money for
Tourney Golfers
Chicago, April 21 (U.R) George
S. May, the pixie-promoter who
believes that golf should be giv
en to the fans and more money
given to the players, said today
that his 1944 all-American tour
naments will offer the greatest
cash melon in golfing history.
An unprecedented total of
$42,500 in war bonds will com
prise the plum that awaits golf
ers who compete in the all
American open, the all-American
amateur and all-American
women's tournaments at Chica
go's Tarn O'Shanter course from
Aug. 24 to 27.
The 72-hole medal-play open
tourney will offer a first prize
of $13,466.67 in war bonds at
maturity value the highest
award of any golf tournament.
Journal Want Ads Pay
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Prim, Joyce, Dasso
Get Good Start
Los Angeles, April 21 (Pi
Lefty Ray Prim of Los Angeles,
Bob Joyce of San Francisco and
Frankie Dasso, the strikeout
king of 1943, have gotten away
to a commanding lead in the
race for pitching honors in the
Pacific coast league.
All three have won three
games without a defeat and
Dasso tops the trio in strikeouts
with 23, but another San Diego
hurler. Rex Cecil, is away out
in front for the entire league
in whiffing 32 batters. Cecil
has won two games and lost one.
Other unbeaten pitchers are
Pete Mallory of Los Angeles and
Jim Sharp of Hollywood with
two wins, and Clint Hufford and
Earl Escalante of Hollywood,
Joe DeMoran and John Babich
of Seattle, Roy Conger of Los
Angeles and Roy Heiser of Port
land with one each.
Jefferson Mrs. Virgil Hall
(Alayne Chilton), will spend
the week-end in Seattle, Wash.,
with her husband, PFC Virgil'
Hall, who is with the marines
stationed at Bainbridge island.
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No Expansion
Football Loop
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Philadelphia, April 21 Pi
The owners of eleven national
football league clubs, having
ruled out expansion until after
the war, today looked into the
possibilities of contracting their
circuit to escape the difficulties
of an unwieldy program.
The professional league yes
terday tabled five applications
for membership from four cities.
These applications may be re
vived at any time the league
wishes, leaving the road open
for expansion to "the west coast
if it seems desirable or neces
sary to meet competition. The
club owners made it clear, how
ever, that they don't plan to in
crease their circuit until after
the war.
The unsuccessful bidders for
franchises, whose $25,000 fo
feits were returned, were Cap
Ernie Nevers and Antho
Morabito of San Francisco, Abe
Watner of Baltimore, Sam Cor
dovano of Buffalo and an un
named Los Angeles man.
At yesterday's session, the
league passed the rules changes
proposed by the rules commit
tee, including a ban on out-of-bounds
kickoffs and permission
for coaches to direct their teams
from the bench, and made sev
eral changes in the constitution
and by-laws.
The most important of these
changes were requiring each
club to establish a ticket price
scale for the entire season, and
forbidding clubs to exchange
motion pictures and scouting re
ports on common opponents.
Ray Mack Vetoes A
Part Time Play
Cleveland, April 21 W) Ray
Mack, Cleveland Indian second
baseman now employed in a
war plant, said today he had
considered rejoining the Tribe
on a part-time basis but had
decided against it after receiving
a ruling from his selective serv
ice board.
A board spokesman said that
Mack was told if he played for
the Indians at night or on Sun
day he would lose his 2-B sta
tus, even though he took no time
off from work. Mack is em
ployed in the engineering de
partment of an airplane parts
plant.
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